Andrea Samadi, a former middle-school teacher from Toronto, now in Arizona, has spent the past 20+ years working with social/emotional learning. Andrea knows first-hand about stress in the classroom as her first job at The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Education was a behavioral class. She felt overwhelmed by the lack of resources to help her manage and teach her … Read More
29 – not ok is ok
so there is more to NOT being okay than what appears on the surface. MORE EPISODES
LfJ Series: Normalizing Critical Reflection: An Adaptive Leadership Approach to Data Analysis
In today’s podcast, I am discussing an adaptive leadership approach to data analysis. Adaptive leadership is best suited for long-standing adaptive challenges, not necessarily technical challenges. I go into the four ways that adaptive challenges are showing up and I also discuss questions to ask shareholder groups to identify hidden alliances that may not be evident at first glance. I … Read More
Episode 53 with Mark Horner: Using the 4W’s to develop a growth mindset with our students!
Mark Horner is a proud husband and father. He has been married to his college sweetheart, Jennifer for over 20 years. They have two children: Kelsie, who just graduated from Tallmadge High School, and a son, Noah, who is entering his 10th-grade year at THS. Mark received his undergraduate degree from the University of Akron, and his Master’s in … Read More
Leveraging Connection with Grace Koh
This episode features the High Leverage Practice of Connection with Grace Koh. The daughter of Korean immigrants, she lives up to her namesake in fostering influential connections. From negotiating D.C. “food fights” to being present and courageous when conversations are difficult, she will inspire all to grow in the skill of connection. Through her story-telling Grace uncovers how implicit connection … Read More